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Quantum statistical mechanics [electronic resource] / William C. Schieve, Lawrence P. Horwitz.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 414 p.)ISBN:
  • 9781139129152 (electronic bk.)
  • 1139129155 (electronic bk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Quantum statistical mechanics.DDC classification:
  • 530.13/3 22
LOC classification:
  • QC174.4 .S35 2009eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Foundations of quantum statistical mechanics -- Elementary examples -- Quantum statistical master equation -- Quantum kinetic equations -- Quantum irreversibility -- Entropy and dissipation : the microscopic theory -- Global equilibrium : thermostatics and the microcanonical ensemble -- Bose-Einstein ideal gas condensation -- Scaling, renormalization, and the Ising model -- Relativistic covariant statistical mechanics of many particles -- Quantum optics and damping -- Entanglements -- Quantum measurement and irreversibility -- Quantum Langevin equation and quantum Brownian motion -- Linear response : fluctuation and dissipation theorems -- Time-dependent quantum Green's functions -- Decay scattering -- Quantum statistical mechanics, extended -- Quantum transport with tunneling and reservoir ballistic transport -- Black hole thermodynamics.
Summary: Many-body theory stands at the foundation of modern quantum statistical mechanics. It is introduced here to graduate students in physics, chemistry, engineering and biology. The book provides a contemporary understanding of irreversibility, particularly in quantum systems.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foundations of quantum statistical mechanics -- Elementary examples -- Quantum statistical master equation -- Quantum kinetic equations -- Quantum irreversibility -- Entropy and dissipation : the microscopic theory -- Global equilibrium : thermostatics and the microcanonical ensemble -- Bose-Einstein ideal gas condensation -- Scaling, renormalization, and the Ising model -- Relativistic covariant statistical mechanics of many particles -- Quantum optics and damping -- Entanglements -- Quantum measurement and irreversibility -- Quantum Langevin equation and quantum Brownian motion -- Linear response : fluctuation and dissipation theorems -- Time-dependent quantum Green's functions -- Decay scattering -- Quantum statistical mechanics, extended -- Quantum transport with tunneling and reservoir ballistic transport -- Black hole thermodynamics.

Many-body theory stands at the foundation of modern quantum statistical mechanics. It is introduced here to graduate students in physics, chemistry, engineering and biology. The book provides a contemporary understanding of irreversibility, particularly in quantum systems.

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